You may have heard an influencer say you’re infected with worms or parasites and then been promised a “cleanse cure.” Our ...

More than 90% of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contained an introduced parasite capable of infecting humans, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s ...

In a nutshell Researchers found human-infecting parasitic worms in 93% of freshwater fish sampled from popular fishing spots in southern California, including bluegill and largemouth bass. A ...

In June 2020, media outlets in Vietnam reported on the strange case of a 23-year-old man who had visited a hospital with abscesses along his limbs and neck. Doctors eventually discovered and ...

Worms are on the rise. Anisakis worms in all saltwater fish and some cephalopods like squid increased 283-fold from 1978 to 2015, according to a 2020 study analyzing hundreds of papers.

Strands of parasitic worms found in dogs and cats are more likely to infect humans than other worm species, researchers said. The study found that 137 of the 737 worm species analyzed may cause ...

Freshwater game fish in the U.S. now carry an exotic flatworm that can infect humans More than 90% of game fish like bluegill and largemouth bass tested carried the flatworms, called trematodes ...

Eradication programmes have cut human cases of Guinea worm from millions a year in the 1980s to just 27 in 2020. Guinea worm would be only the second human disease to be eradicated, after smallpox.